The Voice 2014: Week three of the blind auditions and Team Tom and his girls take the lead

Week three of The Voice and we are half way through the blind auditions. After a couple of slightly lacklustre episodes of the show it was good to see the coaches having a bit of fun this week, and yes there were some quite exciting performances.

But first – what news from the Spinning Chairs?

The biggest cheer of the night went to Kylie when she accidentally said the word ‘Neighbours’

Tom Jones dropped the biggest name on the block – Frank Sinatra – declaring he had been a ‘great teacher’

Kylie flirted outrageously with the Welsh legend sitting next to her – laughing that it was normally her that was shouting out ‘Tom, Tom, Tom’ but not in public as the crowd chanted his name

Will.i.am surprised himself by using words like ‘blokes’ and ‘mates’ like ‘an English man’

Ricky Wilson complimented Tom by reminding everyone that he had ‘met Jessie J’ and that he was a ‘very powerful sex bomb to diffuse’

No coaches turned their chairs for Andy – mainly because we don’t need another Olly Murs (Picture: BBC)

20 year old estate agent Andy Otley certainly charmed host Emma Willis with his lovely blue eyes and gentlemanly manner! But he failed to charm any of the judges with his samey version of Olly Murs’ ‘Dance With Me Tonight’, which did sound remarkably similar to the original, making me think do we really need another Olly Murs when we already have one? And the judges obviously agreed and it was sadly bye bye Andy.

Iesher woke all the judges up (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall)

Cinema worker Iesher Haughton – or her mum’s ‘little Beyonce’ – woke everyone up next with a belting performance of ‘Who’s Lovin’ You’.

Will hit the red button before she had even finished the first note, quickly followed by the rest of the coaches. Ricky Wilson said she’d probably win the whole show but the 19 year old signed up to Team Will who informed her that he had a cousin with the same name, but it hopefully wasn’t for that reason.

Slick tattoo-artist Paul Black, 45, rolled up to the studio on his motorbike to sing a smooth big-band version of ‘Jump’ – yes Van Halen’s classic rock song. It kind of worked and the audience loved it but sadly none of the coaches turned for him – despite Ricky begging Tom Jones to take a chance on him. Big shame, big mistake, Welsh Paul would have been lots of fun.

Vicky Jones was made to wait (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall)

A little bit of a brush with fame next as two contestants with celebrity family members took to the stage. Vicky Jones – sister to Danny from McFly – passionately sang ‘Bed of Roses’ but they coaches left her hanging as Kylie and Tom didn’t turn until the very last second. Poor Vicky – but her devastation turned to joy – and she joined up with Team Tom.

Georgia joins Team Tom (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall)

Ray Charles fan Georgia 27 – cousin to none other than genuine superstar Adele – admitted that everyone in her family was into singing. Her poppy singing of ‘Hallelujah, I Just Love Him So’ got Tom excited and as he was the only judge to turn Georgia was more than happy to join his team. Tom confessed that he had indeed worked with Ray Charles which thrilled his new team member, but just wait until she does her own name-dropping!?

A favourite with the ladies Tom was obviously on a roll as he also snapped up 30 year old Celestine to join his all girls team because he loved her soulful version of ‘All This Love I’m Giving’.

Energetic rocker Si Genaro danced all over the stage, played his harmonica and even tried a bit of beatbox to spice up his version of ‘Down Under’ – obviously meant to tempt the Australian Kylie, but sadly the lady wasn’t for turning and Si went home unwanted, but not before he sang another song of his own writing (called ‘Chicken Train’), sat in Will’s chair and generally took up twice the screen time of any other act on the show.

Nathan was sent home (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall)

Also sent home was young Nathan Kobiewroski after his mature, rocky performance of ‘You Give Me Something’, then John Rush played his guitar to ‘Bad Romance’ but again no one turned. Jeff Anderson completely nailed it with ‘Uprising’ but again was sent home. Seems not even Ricky was up for the rockers this week, as the man himself says ‘just because they have a guitar doesn’t mean I have to turn, I have to feel it’.

Myles joined Team Ricky (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall)

But he obviously felt it for Myles Evans, 26, as he pressed his button very soon into his emotional and acoustic version of ‘High Hopes’. The soft spoken Cornish man admitted he had never sang in public before to a very surprised Kylie. And finally Team Ricky had another member.

Everyone turned for former girl band member Leverne (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall)

Finishing the show former girl band member and mother of four Leverne Scott-Roberts had all four coaches spinning with her ‘pure’ version of ‘Explosions’. Will said she sounded like an ‘angel’ and that he had turned because wanted to see what ‘had fallen out of the sky’, but the astonished singer became the sixth girl to join Team Tom.

As week three drew to a close it was Tom’s team of girls in the lead with six members, Will has four as does Ricky, and Kylie has also stalled on four after getting off to such a flying start.

There are only three weeks left of the blind auditions, leave some spaces for the final shows guys. See you next time!

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